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title: "West Ham goalkeeper outlines how he has turned his Hammers career around"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Matt Bottomley"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2026-04-19T15:30:00Z"
modified: "2026-09-22T17:44:19Z"
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# West Ham goalkeeper outlines how he has turned his Hammers career around

- **Mads Hermansen has been West Ham’s starting goalkeeper since late January**
- **The shot stopper has six clean sheets this season**
- **The Hammers play Crystal Palace on Monday night**

West Ham United currently sit above the Premier League’s bottom three but at one point their top flight status made for bleak viewing. Under [Nuno Espirito Santo](https://readwestham.com/2026/04/18/crystal-palace-vs-west-ham-nuno-pre-match/) in 2026, the tide has begun to turn and the Hammers are now [in firm control of their future in the division](https://readwestham.com/2026/04/14/west-ham-survival-gameweek-32/).

There are many reason’s for [West Ham](https://readwestham.com/)‘s upturn in form, but none more so than the defensive unite. The likes of [Konstantinos Mavropanos](https://readwestham.com/2026/04/18/west-ham-konstantinos-mavropanos-could-leave-this-summer/) and [Axel Disasi](https://readwestham.com/2026/04/15/west-ham-loanee-axel-disasi-fulham-aston-villa-interested/) has stepped up but one of biggest changes Nuno made, has proved the most fruitful.

At the end of January, the Hammers boss replaces Alphonse Areola with [Mads Hermansen](https://readwestham.com/2026/04/16/west-ham-mads-hermansen-defensive-unsung-hero/) in net, and the Danish shot stopper has not looked back. Since the change, the 25-year-old has helped Nuno’s side collect five clean sheets, [earning him a Denmark call up](https://readwestham.com/2026/03/30/west-ham-mads-hermansen-on-denmark-debut/), where he made his international debut.

## Mads Hermansen’s West Ham career revival

After moving to [West Ham](https://whufc.com/en) from Leicester City in the summer, Hermansen was thrust into the starting position but it wasn’t smooth sailing. The 25-year-old was dropped but is now back in the team and performing better than ever.

Speaking to [Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13532889/west-ham-mads-hermansen-on-relegation-fear-lessons-from-leicester-and-how-he-fought-his-way-back-into-hammers-no-1-jersey), the shot stopper has underlined the start to his Hammers career, and just how ti turned around.

*“I’m quite an emotional guy, and when things get emotional, I try to ask myself how I can take all this emotional stuff out of the football part of my life,”* Hermansen said.

*“Then \[I\] just get my job done and do everything I can, so every night when I go to bed I can say to myself, ‘I did everything I could to improve and to show myself the best way possible.’*

*“Those questions I had to ask myself in that period, I’ve really learned to bring that along now when I’m playing, which has helped me a lot.*

*“It’s easy coming out of a tough period saying it was really good for me, but I really learned a lot from it.”*

Now, with West Ham in control of their destiny, the goalkeeper says fear of the drop is a driving force for the team.

*“We’ve been in this for quite many months,”* he added. *“The fear of where we might go is not easy to work with.*

*“But praise to everyone here at the club for keeping the spirits high and making us believe that we can turn it around.”*